Stencil.



O. l. WATTS.

STENCIL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I4, I9II.

Patented Got. 24, 1916.

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OSCAR J'. VSI'AT'JS, OF KENSINGTON, NSAS.

STENCIL.

Specification of Letters gatent.

'Patented Unt. 2d, lltllti.

Application led August 14, 1911. Serial No. 643,923.

. do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to stencils and is designed to construct a device of this character which will simplify the marking of teX- tiles in that the accurate placing of said stencil may be assured. v

A further object of this invention is to provide a means for preventing the slipping of the stencil during the marking of the textile.

Heretofore in the marking of textiles, particularly in the hand designed goods, it has been necessary to use carbon or other copying paper beneath the paper on which the design is impressed, whereas by the use of the present system the necessity of carbon or copying paper is absolutely eliminated and the outline of the design may be placed directly and accurately upon the textile.'

With the above and other objects in view, the invention -consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all

as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a top plan view of a stencil constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereo Reference being had more particularly vto the drawings, l0 indicates a card-board of any suitable size pierced centrally-by the design openings or apertures 11, said Openings ,being of any size and formation. A scale 12 is located at each transverse end of the board 10 and provides a means for the accurate spacing of the design from the edge of the textile and from the adjacent row ot designs. Equidistant from the sides, both longitudinal and transverse, of the card board l0 are the slotted openings 13 and 12" which provide a means for accurately measuring the distance between each unit of design. Upon the under side of the card board 10 is glued'or otherwise secured or attached a sheet ot sand paper or other rough material 14:, which prevents the slipping ofthe- .stencil or card board 10 upon the textile.

Sand paper, as is well known, is very tough and strong and when thus applied, greatly reinforces the stencil.

From the foregoing, it will .readily be un` derstood that when it is desired to trace a design upon goodsof any texture the board l0 is placed thereon, the distance of the same from the edges of the goods being determined by the scales 12. The design openings 11 are then traced with a pencil or any other suitable implement and marks made through the lower slotted openings 13. The card board l0 is then moved until the slotted openings 13 correspond with the marks previously made through the slotted openings 13 after which the process is again 'rey peated indefinitely. It will be also clearly understood that 1n the practical manufacture of the device herein set fortli,'the same will be constructed of material having the lower side thereof sanded or otherwise roughened, itA being unnecessary and im` ractical to construct the same with two s eets of material glued together, one sheet bein of sand paper' or other roughened materia Having thus described my invention, what ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l. The hereindescribed stencil comprising an elongated upper layer of cardboard and an elongated lower layer of sandpaper, the

layers being permanently connected togetherl provided on both sides of the design with transversely extending elon ated openings, the openings on one side of t e design being alned with the openings on the opposite side, and all ot the openings bein in alinenient with the opposite ends of e design. 2. A stencil sheet having stencil openings and provided on its contact side with adherent spaced granular particles adapted to In testimony whereof I aix my signature engage Without destroying a Wet background in presence of two Witnesses. of the surface to be stencled and sufficient r OSCAR J. `WATTS. in number to hold the main body of the Witnesses:

5 stencil sheet out of ContactJ with said Wet C. V. LBERSTEIN,

background during the stenciling operation. T. E. LEEPER. 

